Lieutenant Marzell Jerome Brooks

Lieutenant Marzell Jerome Brooks

Brookhaven Police Department, Mississippi

End of Watch Sunday, November 15, 2020

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Marzell Jerome Brooks

Lieutenant Marzell Brooks died as the result of complications after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.

Lieutenant Brooks had served with the Brookhaven Police Department for 28 years and was assigned to Brookhaven High School.


The Effects of COVID on Law Enforcement

Beginning in early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country began to contract COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic. Due to the nature of their job, law enforcement officers were required to work and interact with the community even as the majority of the country was self-quarantined. As a result, hundreds of officers died from COVID-related illnesses and other complications.

Corrections agencies, in particular, suffered tremendous losses due to the constant and close proximity between the corrections officers and large inmate populations. Since March 2020, ODMP has verified that over 900 law enforcement officers have died as the result of a confirmed or presumed exposure while on duty and continues to work with hundreds of other agencies that have suffered a COVID-related death.

Visit ODMP's COVID-19 memorial listing every officer who has died as a result of a confirmed or presumed exposure.

Bio

  • Age 58
  • Tour 28 years
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause COVID19
  • Incident Date Not available

COVID-19, communicable disease

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Rest in peace Lt. Brooks.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 14, 2021

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